How do I backup/restore my Empathy logs?

Question

I found a folder called ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs. If I just copy that folder, and paste it into a new installation, will my logs be preserved? Or will they not be associated with the new accounts? I don't want to risk it until I know for sure.

Answer 1

Yes, that will work on Ubuntu 10.10.

On 10.04 (and I assume older versions), the folder you need to copy is ~/.local/share/Empathy/logs/ .

If you use nautilus (the default file manager) to copy/paste the folder, you will need to allow it to 'merge' the folders when you paste.

You could use this command to backup:

cp -r ~/.local/share/Empathy/logs/* /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs

or cp -r ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs/* /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs

And this command to restore:

 cp -r /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs/* ~/.local/share/Empathy/logs/

or cp -r /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs/* ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs/

Answer 2

~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs is the path to the empathy logs. The version of Empathy in Maverick uses telepathy-logger to log.

I haven't tested restoring those, but I think account names are consistent, so should work.